Path traversal in apport-unpack in Canonical Apport before 2.36.0, 2.34.2, and 2.28.4 on Linux allows an attacker to create or overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the executing user via an attacker controlled key names in crash report files.
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| Description | Path traversal in apport-unpack in Canonical Apport before 2.36.0, 2.34.2, and 2.28.4 on Linux allows an attacker to create or overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the executing user via an attacker controlled key names in crash report files. | |
| Title | Path Traversal Vulnerability in apport-unpack | |
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Canonical
Canonical apport |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-23 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:*:*:linux:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Canonical
Canonical apport |
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cvssV4_0
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: canonical
Published:
Updated: 2026-08-20T22:32:51.447Z
Reserved: 2026-08-20T11:53:23.292Z
Link: CVE-2026-77113
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-08-20T23:16:28.387
Modified: 2026-08-20T23:16:28.387
Link: CVE-2026-77113
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-08-21T01:30:05Z